People are now gathering in front of the @OKCPD hours after 2 officers shot Bennie Edwards in the back while he was running away. #news #okcprotest.
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Events from earlier today⬇️
https://twitter.com/TheBlackTimesOK/status/1337488514397708291
6:17 pm
“Yellow peril supports Black Power” 
“Black lives fucking matter”
&
“Stop killing us”
&
“Stop killing us”
“Say his name Bennie Edwards”
Okc Artist @mynameisJabee says
“It doesn’t matter if he had mental illness or not. The death sentence shouldn’t be for people who struggle with mental illness...what does defund the police mean? It means someone like Bennie would’ve had help. That’s what defund the police means.
“It doesn’t matter if he had mental illness or not. The death sentence shouldn’t be for people who struggle with mental illness...what does defund the police mean? It means someone like Bennie would’ve had help. That’s what defund the police means.
Cherisse Baker @CharleMoNae says,
“we asked them to maintain order, but they are not maintaining order for us, they are maintaining it for them.” #news #protest
“we asked them to maintain order, but they are not maintaining order for us, they are maintaining it for them.” #news #protest
Activist @adri_isis says,
“I’m tired of having to meet with the grieving families, give them resources, because the motherfuckers don’t care...Never do you see a police officer attend the funeral of someone they shot.”
#news #okcprotest
“I’m tired of having to meet with the grieving families, give them resources, because the motherfuckers don’t care...Never do you see a police officer attend the funeral of someone they shot.”
#news #okcprotest
“NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.”
Amera Gains the niece of Bennie Edwards spoke tonight about her uncle and the pain they are going through as a family.
“He was loving, he was kind, and I had to find out he was dead from a fucking video.”
Part 1. #news #okcprotest
“He was loving, he was kind, and I had to find out he was dead from a fucking video.”
Part 1. #news #okcprotest
Part 2
“ I just came from my grandma house, and I have to watch her talk about planning a funeral for her son... He had a mental illness and that didn’t stop you from fucking killing him.”
#news #okcprotest
“ I just came from my grandma house, and I have to watch her talk about planning a funeral for her son... He had a mental illness and that didn’t stop you from fucking killing him.”
#news #okcprotest
Part 4
“He couldn’t see shit, they maced him he was terrified, and if they stopped and talked they would’ve known that.”
#news #okcprotest
“He couldn’t see shit, they maced him he was terrified, and if they stopped and talked they would’ve known that.”
#news #okcprotest
Austin Mack leads the group marching singing
“Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, turn me around.”
#news #okcprotest
“Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around, turn me around.”
#news #okcprotest
@adri_isis says,
“We just marched passed city hall. That is the only building where public officials can make changes to the @OKCPD.”
“We just marched passed city hall. That is the only building where public officials can make changes to the @OKCPD.”
@adri_isis continue to say,
“This building right here is the Oklahoma County Courthouse. This is where the D.A. David Prater resides. He is the one responsible for charging these officers”
#news #okcprotest
“This building right here is the Oklahoma County Courthouse. This is where the D.A. David Prater resides. He is the one responsible for charging these officers”
#news #okcprotest
Cherisse Baker @CharleMoNae says,
“It is important, so important please educate your friends, your family.”
#news #okcprotest
“It is important, so important please educate your friends, your family.”
#news #okcprotest
We will be covering this story in-depth in the coming days.
Please be safe, hug your people, and say you love them.
Goodnight.
#BennieEdwards
Please be safe, hug your people, and say you love them.
Goodnight.
#BennieEdwards
#News Day 3.
#BennieEdwards
#StavianRodriguez
#BennieEdwards
#StavianRodriguez
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